UNDP helps 18 young people to merge the SDGs achieving with combating human trafficking.
A new two-year project aims to enhance security and stability in Eastern Europe and beyond by strengthening the capacity of the State Border Committee in combating illicit trafficking of weapons and ammunition
Molodechno is one of the twelve pilot regions of the Project “Support to Economic Development at the Local Level in the Republic of Belarus” which is funded by the European Union and being implemented by the UN Development Programme
UNDP supports Belarus in building sustainable urban planning policy in the development of smart and green cities.
With overall funding of EUR 1.1 million for Belarus over the period of 2019-2022, the project will assist the Government of the Republic of Belarus to implement its greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction commitments and climate resilient development under the Paris Agreement
More than three decades after the devastating explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, parts of Belarus’s adjoining regions have sprung back to life and at least the biggest of them, Homiel, has become a leading destination for domestic and international investors.
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The restoration of disturbed inefficiently drained peatlands will allow Belarus to prevent the carbon dioxide emissions by 5 419 756 t CO2-eq/20y.
UNDP Belarus Project Briefs 2019
Currently, there are 19 development projects in three key strategic areas of UNDP Belarus' work in the country.
1) Energy & Environment
2) Socio-economic development
3) Governance and SDG
The total budge of all ongoing projects is more than USD 42 million.
Publication. Human Development Indicators and Indices: 2018 Statistical Update
Belarus has increased its human development level and took the 53-rd position among 189 countries of the world. More data a new “Human Development Indices and Indicators: 2018 Statistical Update” report.
The report finds that even though the global population increased from 5 billion to 7.5 billion between 1990 and 2017, the number of people in low human development fell from 3 billion to 926 million—or from 60 percent of the global population to 12 percent—and that the number of people in high and very high human development more than tripled, from 1.2 billion to 3.8 billion—or from 24 percent of the global population to 51 percent.
What we do
UNDP has been working in Belarus since 1992, most recently under its Country Programme Document (CPD) 2016-2020.
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The current CPD focuses on three priority areas in line with the national development priorities:
- Stronger systems of inclusive and responsive governance;
- Greener growth incorporating productive capacities that target employment and create livelihoods for vulnerable groups;
- Better access to basic services for vulnerable groups.
UNDP in Belarus learns from and builds on past experiences and achievements to remain a flagship development agency in the country.
UNDP Belarus' key achievements in 2018 (download page).
Sustainable development goals
In 2015, Belarus committed to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). UNDP helps the country to implement and update the SDGs at the national and local levels, in particular by supporting the National SDG Coordinator and bringing local activities closer to achieving the global goals.
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About Belarus
9.5 million
Population
5.7%
living below the national poverty line
30%
of seats held by women in Parliament
0.796
Human Development Index
